Certain common expressions can
be formed by writing an alphabet with some letters removed. For example,
ABCDEFHIJKMPQRSTUVWXYZ can be interpreted as "LONG absence" since the
letters in LONG are absent, )The letters G L N O are rearranged for the
wprd LONG)
Use the incomplete alphabets below to find the expressions. The word
formed from the missing letters comes first in the common expression

First find the synonym for the
word suggested by the crossword-style clues; the number of letters for
the word is in parentheses. Then rearrange the letters of each synonym
to find the name of a dog or cat breed.
For example, if the word clues are "close to (4) + drink slowly (3),"
the synonyms are NEAR and SIP, which can be rearranged into PERSIAN.

Combine your synonym and
anagram skills to find these other dog and cat breeds.